View attachment 158963]]>5Where is his face?Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:43:22 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/where-is-his-face.138943/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/where-is-his-face.138943/invalid@example.com (Mike Serpa)Mike SerpaView attachment 159134http://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/lsu-mdp:567]]>7A field officer a day for 9 months and 2 weeksTue, 26 Sep 2017 14:22:02 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/a-field-officer-a-day-for-9-months-and-2-weeks.130003/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/a-field-officer-a-day-for-9-months-and-2-weeks.130003/invalid@example.com (Mike Serpa)Mike Serpa
These photos are about 8.4% of the photos I’ve restored. Wanting to share some here at CWT but wary of possible photojacking by some unknown unscrupulous usurper I have cropped and minified them.

The primary source is the Library of Congress with perhaps one per cent from the National Archives. The LOC identifications were often lacking first names and/or regiments. I used the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States...

A field officer a day for 9 months and 2 weeks]]>563Occupationally Challenged, What Is This Invention, Please?Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:23:20 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/occupationally-challenged-what-is-this-invention-please.138830/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/occupationally-challenged-what-is-this-invention-please.138830/invalid@example.com (JPK Huson 1863)JPK Huson 1863View attachment 158693

This is a challenge. If it were later you'd be tempted to guess a ton of things, from dentistry to woodworking to lasers. Doesn't it seem awfully sophisticated for this era- even if the era in question may be post war? His clothing, hair and dress do not seem very far post war. Men. Just when you could use a good, era defining bustle they refuse to put one on.

As ever, it was by way of Pinterest, had it forever and ever. Just came across it again last night....

Occupationally Challenged, What Is This Invention, Please?]]>26Photos I Cannot IdentifyMon, 25 Sep 2017 01:17:35 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/photos-i-cannot-identify.138837/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/photos-i-cannot-identify.138837/invalid@example.com (bottlines)bottlines
Been a while since I have visited. I have picked up an album that a little girl in the 1860's - 1870's collected Circus and Military photos. There is a P.T. Barnum Indian, General Santa Anna, Col. Gup, General Rosecrans, Admiral Dot, General Tom Thumb and a number of others like stage actress, etc. Here is some of the military I cannot ID. She collected them I assume because they were famous or maybe they were relatives. Don't know, but thought I would run them by you to see if...

"POWs from Camp Ford, Texas, photographed upon arrival in New Orleans after a prisoner exchange, 1864 or 1865. These men are non-commissioned officers from the 19th Iowa Infantry. Camp Ford was the largest Confederate POW camp west of the Mississippi, housing up to 4700 Federals at one time. Conditions at the camp, though primitive, are said to have been generally humane, relatively speaking. Look how tattered their pants...

C.K.IRWINE, SURGEON OF THE SEVENTY-SECOND NEW YORK INFANTRY
SEPTEMBER, 1863

Dr. Irwine is seen seated to the right of the tent pole, while the assistant surgeon faces him on the left. The quarters of a regimental surgeon were generally established on the line of the officers' tents, and he was usually open to calls at all hours. If he was a strict disciplinarian, he would only at tend what was termed "the doctor's call" on the morning of each day. The words...

AN ARMY DOCTOR IN THE FIELD]]>1THE DEAD OF ANTIETAM Alexander Gardner 1862Thu, 21 Sep 2017 22:37:23 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-dead-of-antietam-alexander-gardner-1862.138737/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-dead-of-antietam-alexander-gardner-1862.138737/invalid@example.com (Robert Gray)Robert GrayTHE DEAD OF ANTIETAM Alexander Gardner 1862]]>6Portrait Submitted in a Desertion TrialThu, 21 Sep 2017 00:42:08 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/portrait-submitted-in-a-desertion-trial.138783/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/portrait-submitted-in-a-desertion-trial.138783/invalid@example.com (Crud_Taylor)Crud_TaylorView attachment 158495
While I was digging through court martial dockets of California regiments I found this picture in the records of a convicted deserter from the 11th Ohio Cavalry (I forgot to note his name unfortunately). The 11th Ohio included 40 some "Galvanized Yankeers" and was stationed throughout the Intermountain West and the Great Plains. Thanks to the rigors of frontier duty against Native Americans, especially when more "glorious" battles were being fought in the East,...

It looks like an ampersand and a lower case 'c' after his name? Maybe he tried to write something then changed his mind?View attachment 158376]]>Most severely injured person to survive the war.Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:34:29 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/most-severely-injured-person-to-survive-the-war.133007/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/most-severely-injured-person-to-survive-the-war.133007/invalid@example.com (Mike Serpa)Mike SerpaClick the link to see the photo at its source.View attachment 129704

General Alexander “Mountain” Mistook commanded the the Second Division of the First Army...

Most severely injured person to survive the war.]]>19Discussing the probabilities of the next advance. Feb. 1864Sun, 17 Sep 2017 00:42:43 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/discussing-the-probabilities-of-the-next-advance-feb-1864.138415/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/discussing-the-probabilities-of-the-next-advance-feb-1864.138415/invalid@example.com (tmh10)tmh10View attachment 156912
Title: Discussing the probabilities of the next advance. Feb. 1864

Date Created/Published: [photographed 1864, printed later]

Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver.

Summary: 2 men in civvies smoking pipes.

Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-49355 (b&w film copy neg.)

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.

Call Number: LOT 4188 [item] [P&P]

...

Discussing the probabilities of the next advance. Feb. 1864]]>3Need help with a picSat, 16 Sep 2017 16:04:39 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/need-help-with-a-pic.138676/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/need-help-with-a-pic.138676/invalid@example.com (jay29)jay29https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67462755), top row all the way on the left. I would like to know if anyone can blow it up and make it clearer. I have no idea how these new picture programs work.

Thx in advance if you can help.

Jay]]>17Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery PhotosSat, 16 Sep 2017 05:12:33 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/battery-a-1st-illinois-light-artillery-photos.138002/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/battery-a-1st-illinois-light-artillery-photos.138002/invalid@example.com (Championhilz)ChampionhilzHistory of Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery by Charles B. Kimbrell, published in 1899, and was happy to find the book had a number of very good photos of the battery that I had not seen before. I decided to share them with the forum:

His actual name was Marcellus Henry Long
Family records show he served with the 1st AR Cavalry Union till he deserted in 63, then joining the 2nd MO artillery. Since he showed as 11 years old in the 1860 census and a family member with his pension papers says he was born in 1949 in Cedar County, MO, he was too...​

Tombstone puzzle]]>14Help with History/Uniform, Please?Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:22:39 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/help-with-history-uniform-please.138618/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/help-with-history-uniform-please.138618/invalid@example.com (Dave C)Dave C
I also have no clue about the uniform or unit he is in. Can anyone tell by the uniform or saddle? Someone once suggested confederate but it looks more union to me. I have a book written by his...

Help with History/Uniform, Please?]]>15Whose eyes are these?Fri, 15 Sep 2017 03:30:59 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/whose-eyes-are-these.138554/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/whose-eyes-are-these.138554/invalid@example.com (Mike Serpa)Mike SerpaView attachment 157637]]>10Mystery Civil War Ambrotype Hussar (?) UniformThu, 14 Sep 2017 05:54:07 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/mystery-civil-war-ambrotype-hussar-uniform.138181/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/mystery-civil-war-ambrotype-hussar-uniform.138181/invalid@example.com (nick5873)nick5873
I have in my collection this very nice 1/6th plate ambrotype of a Hussar officer. His cap bears an unfortunately embellished cap plate, crossed sabers, and "70" regimental designation. I have been unable to find any 70th regiment of Hussars anywhere in the U.S. or Europe ( I do believe he is American though). Any guesses to this mystery? Thanks! Nick
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